The Independent:

Tony Blair’s claim that Iraq was within 45 minutes of launching weapons of mass destruction ­ a central plank of his case for war ­ fell apart yesterday as the Foreign Secretary formally withdrew the infamous claim and revealed MI6 had abandoned its source for the bogus intelligence.

In a humiliating climbdown, Jack Straw told MPs in a special Commons statement that MI6 has severed ties with the sources for both the 45-minute claim and intelligence that Saddam Hussein had produced a biological weapons agent in 2000.

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You know, the war sounded like it was going to be so much fun at first. Making shit up to justify the invasion wasn’t going to matter because once we got there we’d be greeted as liberators, with the candy and the flowers.

Oh well. Stay the course and all that. I’m sure we all feel confident that Bush and Blair have learned their lesson… right?

Right?